About the Authors

Christel Eckmann-Scholz

Affiliation Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel & University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

Susanne Bens

Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel & University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

Julia Kolarova

Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel & University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

Sina Schneppenheim

Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel & University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

Almuth Caliebe

Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel & University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

Simone Heidemann

Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel & University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

Constantin von Kaisenberg

Affiliations Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel & University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Monika Kautza

Affiliation Praxis of Human Genetics, Kiel, Germany

Walter Jonat

Affiliation Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel & University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

Reiner Siebert

Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel & University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

Ole Ammerpohl

oammerpohl@medgen.uni-kiel.de

Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel & University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OA RS. Performed the experiments: CES SB JK CvK SS MK. Analyzed the data: OA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CES WJ RS SH AC. Wrote the paper: RS OA.